The Shaykh’s reminder that the Jews and Christians do not believe in Allah or the Last Day.

The Shaykh : Do not think, and do not err with those who err, that you believe the Christians and Jews believe in Allah and the Last Day. No, and this is also one of those many, very many truths that scholars overlook, let alone others. Our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, says in the clear text of the Noble Qur'an: Who are these? Yes?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : This explains His saying, Blessed and Exalted is He: I believe many of you find this strange, even though it is the word of Allah, because we live in an atmosphere that has moved very far away from correct knowledge. And not only that, but misguidance has taken its place, which many people think is knowledge.
Among us are those who call the Christians "our brothers," and I do not rule out that a day will come, soon or far off, when the Jews will also be called "our brothers." This is because politics has no religion. Therefore, we do not engage in politics; we engage in Islam, and that is sufficient. If you know, by the text of the Qur'an mentioned earlier, that the Jews and Christians do not believe in Allah and the Last Day, then those who conduct funerals in this manner with cars have taken this misguidance from those nations that do not believe in Allah and the Last Day. Whoever is like that sets material boundaries that keep him from remembering death, because he does not believe in death. Do not say they believe, for Allah said: And I will explain to you. It is necessary to explain, even if we pause briefly in continuing the study of these hadiths. The reality is that we do not want our teaching of these hadiths to you to be like the study of others among us who explicitly say that they study hadith only for the blessing, not for understanding, not for learning, and not for remembrance. We read these hadiths to reflect upon them and benefit from them in knowledge, jurisprudence, and remembrance. Those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day, namely the non-Muslims, as they taught you, these people put barriers between themselves and everything that reminds them of death. The first example before you now is the image of their funeral processions. This is a clear phenomenon. They are afraid to carry the dead on their heads, for that would remind them of death and their arrogance would be exposed. Do they do it? I seek refuge in Allah. That is what they say. So Satan innovated for them what relieves their minds. He inspired them to put the dead in a closed coffin in a car. Then they do not walk behind it, but ride in their vehicles as they are accustomed. It is as if they are in a normal procession or on a picnic. This is a phenomenon indicating that they do not want means that remind them of death. Another phenomenon: if you, O Muslim, pass by their graveyards, you do not feel that there are dead in them because of how much they decorate them and the tall green trees they plant in them. What is the purpose of this? To hide the eyes from seeing these graves. The majority of Muslims have adopted their custom, but in the way of Satan, step by step. First, they beautified the fencing of the graveyards. It came to the minds of some people that this is for the benefit of the dead and out of respect for them, because they do such and such, and so on, and the dogs, and so on. Before, the wall was less than a man's height, but today the wall is equal to two men's heights. This is so that when a delegation passes by, or people from those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day pass by, they do not see scenes or witness sights that make their hearts gloomy, dark, or disturbed. This is also a phenomenon that started among Muslims, then the second step seeped into them, and they began to plant trees in the graves as well, justifying it with a medical reason, namely to sterilize the air and purify it from microbes and germs, and the like of pure materialist philosophy. These people do not believe in Allah and the Last Day. Therefore, the foolishness and ignorance of the Muslims is that they imitate those who differ from them in the foundation of belief. We believe in Allah and the Last Day, and they do not believe in Allah and the Last Day. And yet, we see ourselves following their footsteps, heel to heel, as it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).